Lab 1:

 

  1. If you have not already done so, sign up for the email list now:  https://www.cs.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs180.

 

  1. We will be using the following software:

(1)   Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

(2)   Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition

(3)   SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

(4)    MSDN Express Library 

 

These are available free to us, and you can download them free for your home use as well. 

 

  1. You need to register the top three programs individually under your account.

(1)   You need a Microsoft Passport account to register, so if you don’t already have a MSN Messenger account, Hotmail email account, or Passport account, create one here.

(2)   Open Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.

(3)   Go to Help-> Register Product, and click on the html link: Register Now.

(4)   Sign in with your Passport account, and copy the registration number 

(there may be a step at this point requiring validation of an email address)

(5)   Enter the number into the box in the program, and

(6)   You are registered!

(7)   Now repeat that step for Visual Web Developer.

(8)    SQL Server needs to be registered here. 

 

  1. Complete the “Hello World” assignment starting on page 3 of the book.

 

  1. Complete “Creating a Windows Forms Application” starting on page 14 of the book.

 

  1. Review try/catch/finally statements starting on page 98 of the book.  The MathOperators solution referred to cannot currently be downloaded, so if you would like to complete this example you will need to do so at home with the disk that came with the Visual C# Text..

 

  1. Review array code here.

  1. Review Properties code here.